Is it possible to make an Edgar Allen Poe story both more rational and more creepy? T. Kingfisher achieves just that in the first book of her Sworn Soldier series, What Moves the Dead. She similarly adapts an old folk legend into an engrossing story in What Feasts at Night, as well as diving into the main character’s PTSD. These fresh takes make these fantasy horror novellas interesting—but still scary. I dive into these themes and more in my latest Substack post:
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What if Christianity's promise of an afterlife is obstructing our motivation to fully live the one life we know we have? And what if living fully requires navigating obstacles like this and confronting our mortality?
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